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In this talk, Steven Salaita will draw on his recent memoir, An Honest Living, to explore questions of honesty and dishonesty on campus. Is it possible for a professor to pursue an honest living? What might it look like? Conversely, are there forms of dishonesty that can be considered ethical or necessary amid the predominant cultures of academe? Salaita will consider these questions through analysis of labor, inequality, alienation, and political violence on and off campus.

The James Baldwin Lecture is presented with the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies.

Part of the 2024–25 Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series, "What Are Universities For? Struggles for the Soul of Higher Education."